We all have stuff. It is our homes, cars, and other possessions. We have smaller items of stuff within those bigger places of stuff, too.
Even the poor have stuff. Some have table and chairs. BUT some of the poor do not have stuff like meat to eat. Some of them do not have clean water to drink. Some of them do not have books for reading or can not even read.
So stuff is relative.
Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold. They laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need. Acts 4:32-35
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